A4038 crash in Walsall on 31 October 2021 at 18:50 involving a Mini Countryman
A Mini Countryman and a Vauxhall Corsa were involved in a crash on the A4038 in Walsall at 18:50 on Sunday 31 October 2021. The 27-year-old female driver of the Vauxhall Corsa was slightly injured.
It happened after dark under street lighting in the rain on a wet single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, at a crossroads.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 31 Oct 2021
- Sunday, 18:50
- Vehicles
- 2
- Mini Countryman and Vauxhall Corsa
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 52.57378, longitude -2.00072, in the WS2 postcode district and within the built-up area of Walsall. It is one of the crashes that make up the Pleck, Walsall, WS2 9DG area accident hotspot.
Map of where the crash happened in Walsall
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 2021201142201
- Council area
- Walsall
- Police force
- West Midlands
- Police attended the scene
- Yes
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 4038
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Crossroads
- Junction control
- Auto traffic signal
- Second road class
- A
- Second road number
- 4148
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- Pedestrian phase at traffic signal
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Dark, street lights lit
- Weather
- Raining, no high winds
- Road surface
- Wet or damp
Enhanced collision data
- How severity was recorded
- From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)
- Estimated chance it was serious
- 0%
- Estimated chance it was slight
- 100%
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, 1 metre away, was a slight injury crash on 25 October 2016.
Slight
Peugeot 207 crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 25 October 2016
1 m awayRef 2016200123877
Slight
Volkswagen Golf crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 2 June 2016
5 m awayRef 2016200078649
Serious
Toyota Avensis crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 6 March 2018
9 m awayRef 2018200280333
Slight
Seat Leon crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 28 September 2022
10 m awayRef 2022201234632
Slight
Vauxhall Corsa crash on the A4038 in Walsall, 28 October 2020
11 m awayRef 2020201004966
Slight
Peugeot 3008 crash on the A4148 in Walsall, 8 May 2019
12 m awayRef 2019200869961
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Mini Countryman
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- North West
- Travelling to
- South East
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Front
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 26 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,499 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Hybrid electric
- Vehicle age
- 2 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 10 to 20% most deprived
Vehicle 2: Vauxhall Corsa
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Turning right
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North
- Position at junction
- Mid-junction, on roundabout or on main road
- First point of impact
- Nearside
- Left-hand drive
- No
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 27 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,229 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 12 years
- Driver home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Driver
SlightFemale, aged 27, car occupant, in vehicle 2 (Vauxhall Corsa)
- Home area deprivation
- 30 to 40% most deprived
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2021201142201 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Walsall road accident statistics for 2021.